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ApsaraDB for MongoDB:Parameters available for MongoDB 5.0

Last Updated:Jan 24, 2026

This topic describes all parameters available for ApsaraDB for MongoDB 5.0.

Replica set

Parameter Name

Restart required

Default value

Valid values

Minor version range

Description

Official documentation

setParameter.internalDocumentSourceGroupMaxMemoryBytes

No

104857600

[10485760-10485760000]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that the $group operator can use. If the memory usage exceeds this value, the excess data spills to disk.

Not public

setParameter.timeseriesBucketMaxCount

Yes

1000

[1-10000]

Unlimited

The maximum number of measurements that can be stored in a single bucket of a time series collection.

Private

setParameter.internalQueryMaxPushBytes

No

104857600

[10485760-1048576000]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that the $push operator can use.

Not public

setParameter.internalQueryMaxAddToSetBytes

No

104857600

[10485760-1048576000]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that the $addToSet operator can use.

Not public

setParameter.internalDocumentSourceCursorBatchSizeBytes

No

4194304

[1048576-104857600]

Unlimited

The maximum amount of data that a DocumentSourceCursor can cache from the underlying PlanExecutor before pipeline processing.

Not public

setParameter.internalQueryMaxBlockingSortMemoryUsageBytes

No

104857600

[33554432-268435456]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that a blocking sort operation can use during a query. Unit: bytes. The default value is 100 MB.

Private

setParameter.internalQueryCacheMaxEntriesPerCollection

No

5000

[0-5000]

Unlimited

The maximum number of entries in the query plan cache for a collection.

Note

This parameter applies only to the classic query engine, not the slot-based execution (SBE) engine.

Private

net.compression.compressors

Yes

snappy,zstd,zlib

[snappy|zlib|zstd|snappy,zstd,zlib|disabled]

Unlimited

The network compression algorithm for mongod or mongos. If you specify multiple compression algorithms, they are prioritized in descending order.

net.compression.compressors

net.serviceExecutor

Yes

synchronous

[synchronous|adaptive]

Unlimited

The thread and execution model used by mongod or mongos.

net.serviceExecutor

operationProfiling.mode

Yes

off

[off|slowOp|all]

Unlimited

The level for the query profiler.

Note

Enabling this parameter degrades instance performance. Use with caution in a production environment.

operationProfiling.mode

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

No

100

[0-65536]

Unlimited

The threshold for slow operations. An operation is considered slow if its runtime exceeds this threshold. Unit: milliseconds.

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

replication.oplogGlobalIdEnabled

Yes

false

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable the global identifier (GID) to support two-way synchronization by DTS or mongoShake.

Self-developed parameter

replication.oplogSizeMB

No

10%

[1024-1073741824]

Unlimited

The maximum size of the oplog collection. Unit: MB. The default value is 10% of the disk size.

replication.oplogSizeMB

rsconf.writeConcernMajorityJournalDefault

No

true

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether the journal must be written to disk when the write concern is set to majority.

replSetGetConfig

setParameter.cursorTimeoutMillis

No

600000

[1-2147483647]

Unlimited

The expiration threshold for an idle cursor. Unit: milliseconds.

If a cursor is idle for longer than this threshold, MongoDB deletes the cursor. An attempt to access the cursor again returns a "cursor not found" error.

cursorTimeoutMillis

setParameter.flowControlTargetLagSeconds

No

10

[1-600]

Unlimited

The threshold that triggers the flow control mechanism. Unit: seconds. Flow control ensures that most commit points do not lag too far behind.

flowControlTargetLagSeconds

setParameter.maxTransactionLockRequestTimeoutMillis

No

5

[0-60]

Unlimited

The timeout for acquiring a transaction lock. Unit: milliseconds.

maxTransactionLockRequestTimeoutMillis

setParameter.oplogFetcherUsesExhaust

Yes

true

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable streaming replication. The default value `true` enables this feature.

oplogFetcherUsesExhaust

setParameter.replWriterThreadCount

Yes

16

[1-256]

Unlimited

The maximum number of threads for parallel replication in primary-secondary synchronization. The effective maximum number of threads is twice the number of CPU cores for the instance specification.

replWriterThreadCount

setParameter.tcmallocAggressiveMemoryDecommit

No

0

[0|1]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable aggressive memory decommitment for tcmalloc. The default value `0` disables this feature.

tcmallocAggressiveMemoryDecommit

setParameter.tcmallocReleaseRate

No

1

[1-10]

Unlimited

The rate at which tcmalloc releases memory to the OS. A higher value indicates a faster rate.

tcmallocReleaseRate

setParameter.transactionLifetimeLimitSeconds

No

60

[1-300]

Unlimited

The total timeout for a transaction, which represents the transaction lifecycle. Unit: seconds. A transaction that runs longer than this limit is aborted to relieve pressure on the WiredTiger cache.

transactionLifetimeLimitSeconds

storage.oplogMinRetentionHours

No

0

[0.00-720.00]

Unlimited

The retention period of the oplog collection. This parameter supports floating-point numbers. Unit: hours.

storage.oplogMinRetentionHours

storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor

Yes

snappy

[snappy|zlib|zstd|none]

Unlimited

The storage compression algorithm for collection data. A change to this parameter applies only to new collections. To use a different compression algorithm for a specific collection, run an explicit createCollection command with the relevant options.

storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor

setParameter.minSnapshotHistoryWindowInSeconds

No

300

[0-600]

Unlimited

The size of the window for retaining snapshot history in the WiredTiger (WT) engine. Unit: seconds. A value of 0 closes the snapshot history window.

minSnapshotHistoryWindowInSeconds

rsconf.chainingAllowed

No

true

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to allow chained replication in the replica set.

For example, data is replicated from a primary node to a secondary node, and then from the secondary node to a hidden node. Alternatively, data is replicated from a primary node to a hidden node, and then from the hidden node to a secondary node.

rsconf.chainingAllowed

Sharded cluster (Shard)

Parameter Name

Restart required

Default value

Valid values

Minor version range

Description

Official documentation

setParameter.internalDocumentSourceGroupMaxMemoryBytes

No

104857600

[10485760-10485760000]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that the $group operator can use. If the memory usage exceeds this value, the excess data spills to disk.

Not public

setParameter.timeseriesBucketMaxCount

Yes

1000

[1-10000]

Unlimited

The maximum number of measurements that can be stored in a single bucket of a time series collection.

Private

setParameter.internalQueryMaxPushBytes

No

104857600

[10485760-1048576000]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that the $push operator can use.

Not public

setParameter.internalQueryMaxAddToSetBytes

No

104857600

[10485760-1048576000]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that the $addToSet operator can use.

Private

setParameter.internalDocumentSourceCursorBatchSizeBytes

No

4194304

[1048576-104857600]

Unlimited

The maximum amount of data that a DocumentSourceCursor can cache from the underlying PlanExecutor before pipeline processing.

Private

setParameter.internalQueryMaxBlockingSortMemoryUsageBytes

No

104857600

[33554432-268435456]

Unlimited

The maximum memory that a blocking sort operation can use during a query. Unit: bytes. The default value is 100 MB.

Private

setParameter.internalQueryCacheMaxEntriesPerCollection

No

5000

[0-5000]

Unlimited

The maximum number of entries in the query plan cache for a collection.

Note

This parameter applies only to the classic query engine, not the SBE engine.

Not public

net.compression.compressors

Yes

snappy,zstd,zlib

[snappy|zlib|zstd|snappy,zstd,zlib|disabled]

Unlimited

The network compression algorithm for mongod or mongos. If you specify multiple compression algorithms, they are prioritized in descending order.

net.compression.compressors

net.serviceExecutor

Yes

synchronous

[synchronous|adaptive]

Unlimited

Specifies the threads and execution model for mongod or mongos.

net.serviceExecutor

operationProfiling.mode

Yes

off

[off|slowOp|all]

Unlimited

The level for the query profiler.

Note

Enabling this parameter degrades instance performance. Use with caution in a production environment.

operationProfiling.mode

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

No

100

[0-65536]

Unlimited

The threshold for slow operations. An operation is considered slow if its runtime exceeds this threshold. Unit: milliseconds.

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

replication.oplogGlobalIdEnabled

Yes

false

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable the GID to support two-way synchronization by DTS or mongoShake.

Self-developed parameter

replication.oplogSizeMB

No

10%

[1024-1073741824]

Unlimited

The maximum size of the oplog collection. Unit: MB. The default value is 10% of the disk size.

replication.oplogSizeMB

rsconf.writeConcernMajorityJournalDefault

No

true

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether the journal must be written to disk when the write concern is set to majority.

replSetGetConfig

setParameter.cursorTimeoutMillis

No

600000

[1-2147483647]

Unlimited

The expiration threshold for an idle cursor. Unit: milliseconds.

If a cursor is idle for longer than this threshold, MongoDB deletes the cursor. An attempt to access the cursor again returns a "cursor not found" error.

cursorTimeoutMillis

setParameter.flowControlTargetLagSeconds

No

10

[1-600]

Unlimited

The threshold that triggers the flow control mechanism. Unit: seconds. Flow control ensures that most commit points do not lag too far behind.

flowControlTargetLagSeconds

setParameter.maxTransactionLockRequestTimeoutMillis

No

5

[0-60]

Unlimited

The timeout for acquiring a transaction lock. Unit: milliseconds.

maxTransactionLockRequestTimeoutMillis

setParameter.migrateCloneInsertionBatchSize

No

0

[0-1000]

Unlimited

The maximum number of documents in a single batch during the cloning step of chunk migration. The default value `0` indicates that the batch size is limited only by the 16 MB document size limit.

migrateCloneInsertionBatchSize

setParameter.oplogFetcherUsesExhaust

Yes

true

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable streaming replication. The default value `true` enables this feature.

oplogFetcherUsesExhaust

setParameter.rangeDeleterBatchDelayMS

No

20

[0-600000]

Unlimited

The interval between batch deletions during the cleanup step of chunk migration. Unit: milliseconds. This also affects the cleanupOrphaned command, which cleans up orphaned documents.

rangeDeleterBatchDelayMS

setParameter.rangeDeleterBatchSize

No

0

[0-1000]

Unlimited

The maximum number of documents in a single batch for asynchronous deletion during the cleanup step of chunk migration. The default value `0` lets the system automatically select a reasonable batch size, which is typically 128.

rangeDeleterBatchSize

setParameter.replWriterThreadCount

Yes

16

[1-256]

Unlimited

The maximum number of threads for parallel replication in primary-secondary synchronization. The effective maximum number of threads is twice the number of CPU cores for the instance specification.

replWriterThreadCount

setParameter.tcmallocAggressiveMemoryDecommit

No

0

[0|1]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable aggressive memory decommitment for tcmalloc. The default value `0` disables this feature.

tcmallocAggressiveMemoryDecommit

setParameter.tcmallocReleaseRate

No

1

[1-10]

Unlimited

The rate at which tcmalloc releases memory to the OS. A higher value indicates a faster rate.

tcmallocReleaseRate

setParameter.transactionLifetimeLimitSeconds

No

60

[1-300]

Unlimited

The total timeout for a transaction, which represents the transaction lifecycle. Unit: seconds. A transaction that runs longer than this limit is aborted to relieve pressure on the WT cache.

transactionLifetimeLimitSeconds

storage.oplogMinRetentionHours

No

0

[0.00-720.00]

Unlimited

The retention period of the oplog collection. This parameter supports floating-point numbers. Unit: hours.

storage.oplogMinRetentionHours

storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor

Yes

snappy

[snappy|zlib|zstd|none]

Unlimited

The storage compression algorithm for collection data. A change to this parameter applies only to new collections. To use a different compression algorithm for a specific collection, run an explicit createCollection command with the relevant options.

storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor

setParameter.receiveChunkWaitForRangeDeleterTimeoutMS

No

10000

[10000-3600000]

Unlimited

The timeout for waiting to delete orphaned documents before chunk migration. Unit: milliseconds.

Private

setParameter.minSnapshotHistoryWindowInSeconds

No

300

[0-600]

Unlimited

The size of the window for retaining snapshot history in the WT engine. Unit: seconds. A value of 0 closes the snapshot history window.

minSnapshotHistoryWindowInSeconds

rsconf.chainingAllowed

No

true

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to allow chained replication in the shard.

For example, data is replicated from a primary node to a secondary node, and then from the secondary node to a hidden node. Alternatively, data is replicated from a primary node to a hidden node, and then from the hidden node to a secondary node.

rsconf.chainingAllowed

Sharded cluster (Mongos)

Parameter Name

Restart required

Default value

Valid values

Minor version range

Description

Official documentation

setParameter.readHedgingMode

No

on

[on|off]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable Hedged Reads support.

readHedgingMode

net.compression.compressors

Yes

snappy,zstd,zlib

[snappy|zlib|zstd|snappy,zstd,zlib|disabled]

Unlimited

The network compression algorithm for mongod or mongos. If you specify multiple compression algorithms, they are prioritized in descending order.

net.compression.compressors

net.serviceExecutor

Yes

synchronous

[synchronous|adaptive]

Unlimited

Specifies the thread and execution model for mongod or mongos.

net.serviceExecutor

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

No

100

[0-65536]

Unlimited

The threshold for slow operations. An operation that runs longer than this threshold is considered a slow operation. Unit: milliseconds.

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

setParameter.cursorTimeoutMillis

No

600000

[1-2147483647]

Unlimited

The expiration threshold for an idle cursor. Unit: milliseconds. If a cursor is idle for longer than this threshold, MongoDB deletes the cursor. If you try to access the cursor again, a "cursor not found" error is reported.

cursorTimeoutMillis

setParameter.ShardingTaskExecutorPoolHostTimeoutMS

No

300000

[60000-3600000]

Unlimited

The timeout period after which a mongos instance drops all connections to a host's TaskExecutor connection pool.

ShardingTaskExecutorPoolHostTimeoutMS

setParameter.ShardingTaskExecutorPoolMaxConnecting

No

2

[1-32]

Unlimited

The maximum concurrency for initializing connections in a sharded cluster's TaskExecutor connection pool. This parameter controls the rate at which connections are established from mongos to mongod.

ShardingTaskExecutorPoolMaxConnecting

setParameter.ShardingTaskExecutorPoolMaxSize

No

32767

[1-32767]

Unlimited

The maximum number of connections in each TaskExecutor connection pool for a sharded cluster instance.

ShardingTaskExecutorPoolMaxSize

setParameter.ShardingTaskExecutorPoolMinSize

No

1

[1-256]

Unlimited

The minimum number of connections in each TaskExecutor connection pool for a sharded cluster instance.

ShardingTaskExecutorPoolMinSize

setParameter.ShardingTaskExecutorPoolRefreshRequirementMS

No

60000

[30000-3600000]

Unlimited

The interval at which a mongos instance performs heartbeat checks on hibernating connections in the TaskExecutor connection pool.

ShardingTaskExecutorPoolRefreshRequirementMS

setParameter.ShardingTaskExecutorPoolRefreshTimeoutMS

No

20000

[5000-600000]

Unlimited

The timeout period for a mongos instance to wait for a heartbeat response.

ShardingTaskExecutorPoolRefreshTimeoutMS

setParameter.taskExecutorPoolSize

Yes

1

[1-32]

Unlimited

The number of TaskExecutor connection pools on a mongos instance.

taskExecutorPoolSize

setParameter.tcmallocAggressiveMemoryDecommit

No

0

[0|1]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable aggressive memory decommitment for tcmalloc. The default value `0` disables this feature.

tcmallocAggressiveMemoryDecommit

setParameter.tcmallocReleaseRate

No

1

[1-10]

Unlimited

The rate at which tcmalloc releases memory to the OS. A higher value indicates a faster rate.

tcmallocReleaseRate

Sharded cluster (ConfigServer)

Parameter Name

Restart required

Default value

Valid values

Minor version range

Description

Official documentation

net.compression.compressors

Yes

snappy,zstd,zlib

[snappy|zlib|zstd|snappy,zstd,zlib|disabled]

Unlimited

The network compression algorithm for mongod or mongos. If you specify multiple compression algorithms, they are prioritized in descending order.

net.compression.compressors

operationProfiling.mode

Yes

off

[off|slowOp|all]

Unlimited

The level for the query profiler.

Note

Enabling this parameter degrades instance performance. Use with caution in a production environment.

operationProfiling.mode

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

No

100

[0-65536]

Unlimited

The threshold for slow operations. An operation that runs longer than this threshold is considered a slow operation. Unit: milliseconds.

operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs

replication.oplogGlobalIdEnabled

Yes

false

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable GIDs to support two-way synchronization by DTS or mongoShake.

Self-developed parameter

setParameter.cursorTimeoutMillis

No

600000

[1-2147483647]

Unlimited

The expiration threshold for an idle cursor. Unit: milliseconds. If a cursor is idle for longer than this threshold, MongoDB deletes the cursor. If you try to access the cursor again, a "cursor not found" error is reported.

cursorTimeoutMillis

setParameter.oplogFetcherUsesExhaust

Yes

true

[true|false]

Unlimited

Specifies whether to enable streaming replication. The default value `true` enables this feature.

oplogFetcherUsesExhaust

storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor

Yes

snappy

[snappy|zlib|zstd|none]

Unlimited

The storage compression algorithm for collection data. After modification, the new algorithm applies only to new collections. To use different compression algorithms for different collections, run the createCollection command with the required options.

storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor